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Market Watch: U.S. Jobs Report Delay, Zcash Upgrade Highlight the Week Ahead

Crypto Events

  • Nov. 17: Zilliqa (ZIL) launches its 0.19.0 mainnet upgrade.
  • Nov. 18, 7 a.m.: Astar Network (ASTR) hosts its “Road to Evolution Phase 2” community call on YouTube.
  • Nov. 18: FLock (FLOCK) holds its 2025 earnings call via livestream on X.
  • Nov. 19: Firo (FIRO) rolls out its v0.14.15.0 hard fork upgrade.
  • Nov. 19, 11 a.m.: Avalanche (AVAX) implements its Granite mainnet upgrade.
  • Nov. 23: Zcash (ZEC$639.24) activates network upgrade 6.1 on mainnet.

Macro Events

  • Nov. 17, 8:30 a.m.: Canada releases October inflation data — Headline YoY (Prev. 2.4%), MoM (Prev. 0.1%); Core YoY (Prev. 2.8%), MoM (Prev. 0.2%).
  • Nov. 17, 8:30 a.m.: New York Fed publishes the November Empire State Manufacturing Index (Est. 6.1).
  • Nov. 17, 9:30 a.m.: Fed Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson speaks on the economic outlook and monetary policy.
  • Nov. 17, 3:35 p.m.: Fed Governor Christopher J. Waller delivers remarks on the economic outlook (livestream).
  • Nov. 18, 8:15 a.m.: ADP weekly employment change (Prev. -11.25K).
  • Nov. 18, 10:30 a.m.: Fed Governor Michael S. Barr speaks on bank supervision (livestream).
  • Nov. 19, 2 p.m.: FOMC releases minutes from the Oct. 28–29 meeting.
  • Nov. 20, 8:30 a.m.: Canada posts October PPI — Headline YoY (Prev. 5.5%), MoM (Prev. 0.8%).
  • Nov. 20, 8:30 a.m.: Philadelphia Fed issues the November Manufacturing Index (Est. -2).
  • Nov. 20, 8:30 a.m.: The delayed U.S. September jobs report is expected.
  • Nov. 20, 10 a.m.: U.S. October Existing Home Sales (Est. 4.06M).
  • Nov. 20, 11 a.m.: Fed Governor Lisa D. Cook discusses financial stability (livestream).
  • Nov. 21, 8:45 a.m.: Vice Chair Jefferson speaks again on financial stability (livestream).
  • Nov. 21, 9:45 a.m.: S&P Global releases November U.S. PMI — Manufacturing (Prev. 52.5), Services (Prev. 54.8), Composite (Prev. 54.6).
  • Nov. 21, 10 a.m.: University of Michigan posts final November readings: Consumer Sentiment (Est. 50.3); 5-Year Inflation Expectations (Est. 3.6%).

Earnings (FactSet estimates)

  • Nov. 18:
    • KULR Technology (KULR), post-market, N/A
    • Solana Company (HSDT), post-market, N/A
  • Nov. 19:
    • Bullish (BLSH), pre-market, $0.10
    • Nvidia (NVDA), post-market, $1.25
  • Nov. 20:
    • Webull (BULL), post-market, $0.02

Governance Votes & Community Proposals

  • Convex Finance: Vote on new sfrxUSD yield strategies — $10M to USDS/sUSDS, $3M to a USDf Curve pool, $10M to short-maturity Pendle pools. (Ends Nov. 16.)
  • Extra Finance DAO: Voting on lending emission allocations for Epochs 123–126, using weighted veEXTRA governance. (Ends Nov. 17.)
  • Usual DAO: Vote on a major tokenomics overhaul — reducing max supply by 25% and future inflation by 50%, targeting an 85% reduction in sell pressure. (Ends Nov. 18.)
  • CCMOON DAO: Vote on forming a legal non-profit LLC (CCIP-122) and authorizing minor advertising partnerships (CCIP-123). (Ends Nov. 18.)
  • Arbitrum DAO: Proposes replacing the single fast-reacting gas target with several slower-moving targets to smooth L2 gas spikes. (Ends Nov. 20.)
  • ZKsync DAO: Vote on upgrading ZK to ZKTokenV3, introducing burn functions as part of the ZKnomics roadmap linking fees to token burns. (Ends Nov. 20.)

Token Unlocks

  • Nov. 19: YZY unlocks 12.5% of supply, valued at $49.44M at $0.3700.
  • Nov. 20: ZRO unlocks 7.29% of supply, worth $37.53M at $1.2578.
  • Nov. 23: SOON unlocks 4.33% of supply, valued at $30.42M.

Token Launches & Deadlines

  • Nov. 18: Deadline for PayAI Network token migration.
  • Nov. 22: SoSoValue’s SSI Token staking Epoch 3 concludes.
  • Nov. 30: Centrifuge’s token migration window closes.

Conferences & Industry Events

  • Nov. 17–18: Banking Transformation Summit (Charlotte, North Carolina).
  • Nov. 18:
    • AFC Policy Summit 2025 (Washington)
    • Euro Stablecoin Forum (Frankfurt)
    • Lugano Finance Forum (Switzerland)
  • Nov. 18–19: Digital Assets: Compliance, Enforcement & Regulatory Oversight (New York).
  • Nov. 19–20:
    • MoneyLIVE Payments Europe (Amsterdam)
    • Fintech NerdCon 2025 (Miami)
  • Nov. 20: RegTech Summit New York 2025 (New York).
  • Nov. 21–23: BITFEST 2025 (Manchester).
  • Nov. 22–23: Australian Crypto Convention 2025 (Sydney).